From Our Correspondent The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi, has called for more investment in healthcare to prevent disease outbreaks and improve life expectancy. Obi made the call at the sixth public lecture of the Board of Fellows, Pharmaceuticals Society of Nigeria (PSN) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe […]
From Our Correspondent Anambra State Government, on Tuesday, said it has not recorded any case of Cholera outbreak yet in any of its health facilities. Dr Afam Obidike, the State’s Commissioner for Health, announced this to newsmen in Awka, the state capital. He, however, told newsmen in Awka, that the ministry has already activated the […]
By Our Correspondent The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says it has placed an order for more cholera vaccines from donor agencies. This is as the death toll from the outbreak hits 40 across the nation. Director General of the agency, Jide Idris, however, said he could not ascertain the possible delivery […]
From Gbemisola Mus’ab, Gusau Gov. Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State, says his administration is transforming the Specialist Hospital, Gusau to a University Teaching Hospital. Suleiman Idris, the Governor’s media aide announced this in a statement made available to TheNewsZenith on Saturday in Gusdau. At the inauguration of the facility upgrade of the healthcare institution, Lawal […]
From Our Correspondent, Awka Dr Nonye Soludo, wife of the Anambra State Governor has enrolled 1000 Persons With Disabilities (PWDs), into the state’s Health Insurance scheme to promote their healthcare. TheNewsZenith reports that Soludo announced this gesture during a town hall meeting with persons with special needs, on Wednesday, in Awka. She organised the town […]
By Opeyemi Muhammed Five persons have died from a cholera outbreak in Lagos, prompting the state government to call for heightened vigilance and adoption of precautionary measures. The State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, in a statement on Wednesday, warned that hospitals had recorded reports of severe gastroenteritis cases in the last two days. Abayomi […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde A Pharmaco-vigilance Technical Officer, Dr Murtala Jibril, says vaccines have been instrumental in eradicating smallpox and other diseases like polio and measles. Jibrin, Regional Coordination Centre-Western Africa of African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, spoke about vaccines during a webinar on Saturday. TheNewsZenith reports that Khayr Cancer Health Initiative (KCHI) hosted […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde A healthcare organisation, Khayr Cancer Health Initiative (KCHI), is mobilising experts to advocate for the revolution of cancer care via the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI). TheNewsZenith reports that in line with its advocacy vision, KCHI hosted her second sensitisation webinar. The webinar was titled “Artificial Intelligence and Cancer Care”. This pioneering […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said, on Tuesday, that 39 people have died from measles since January in South Sudan, with a case fatality rate of 1.7 per cent. The UN health agency in an epidemiological report released in Juba, South Sudan, stated that 2,271 suspected measles cases. There are also, 146 lab-confirmed cases. “The […]
By Abdulwarees SoIanke In the second quarter of 2001 when I resumed as Editorial Board member and Deputy Editor of The Monitor on Sunday, I decided to do something different by focusing its health page primarily on Mental Health. The Monitor is a weekend newspaper in the stable of the Ibadan-based Monitor newspapers published by […]